Booking Tips
A few things make a booking on Flights Monkey go faster, and most of them save money too:
1. Move your dates around: Fares swing between one day and the next on the same route. If you can shift your departure or return by a day or two, price those dates before you settle on one.
2. Set a fare alert: If you are not ready to book, put an alert on the route. You get told when the price moves instead of checking it yourself every morning.
3. Use the filters: Results can be sorted by price, departure time or airline, then narrowed further. It beats scrolling through everything twice.
4. Book things together: Flights, hotels and cars booked as one package often come out below the same items bought separately, and you end up with one itinerary to keep track of instead of three.
5. Check the airport next door: A second airport an hour down the road can be noticeably cheaper. Price both before you decide the drive is not worth it.
6. Look at overnight flights: Red-eyes usually cost less than the same route in daylight. If you can sleep on a plane, that is money left over for the trip.
7. Add your loyalty numbers: Put your airline or hotel number in at the time of booking. Points earned now come off the cost of the next trip, and status can bring a bag or a seat with it.
8. Do not sit on a good fare: Prices move while you browse and held seats get released. When the number in front of you looks right, take it.
9. Read your details back: Before you confirm, check the dates, the times, the airport codes and the spelling of every name against the passport. Correcting a name after ticketing is slow and sometimes costs money.
10. Ask Flights Monkey when something is unclear: The support team can walk you through fare rules, baggage limits and what a change would cost. Two minutes on the phone to Flights Monkey beats an hour of guessing.
That is the lot. Book well, and have a good trip.